Reed Mangels

Nutrition Advisor, The Vegetarian Resource Group

Reed Mangels is a nutrition advisor for the Vegetarian Resource Group and a regular columnist and nutrition editor for Vegan Journal. Her books include The Dietitian’s Guide to Vegetarian Diets (4th edition, 2022), co-authored with Virginia Messina and Mark Messina, Simply Vegan (5th edition, 2013), co-authored with Debra Wasserman, and Your Complete Vegan Pregnancy (2019).

Written by Reed Mangels

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How to go vegetarian or vegan

Quitting animal foods needn’t be a hardship. Relish your new diet and make it stick with this nutritionist’s approach

by Reed Mangels